Strange Fate

Chapter 4: Wufthrou Standrei

The bell freed out its rhythmic sound indicating the end of the class and it interrupted my rest. My body felt better than this morning but my insecurities from him doubled. Opening my eyes, I noticed that the nurse was going to wake me up. She advised me that I must not exert extra activities and suggested that I should go back home immediately and continue to rest. Almost the same words on what Hiro-kun said to me earlier. I noted it down from her, gave a thanks to the nurse and left the infirmary.

I was supposed to be disturbed for all the strange occasions, but it felt like that it was too normal for me to concern and even became excited somehow. But it's still strange to accept it.

There must be a reason why I met him.

Right now, reading that magazine became my first priority once a got home. Hiro-kun didn't want to explain anything, but if I could get something from the topic he mentioned, I might be able to find some clues for the answer he avoided that I wanted to hear for. I reported an excuse letter and sent it to the faculty, but the homeroom teacher wasn't there and I was told by the other teachers that I could leave it on her table. As I put my letter, there were a mountain of documents residing on the surface that was written in English and I could hardly read it, because I was suck in this subject. Our homeroom teacher must be working hard having all of this. I fronted a bow to the teachers before I closed the door.

I guess, it's time to go home.

Some already left the campus and the only remaining ones were the students whom are members on their perspective clubs and student officials. Our class doesn't required and needed to join as we must focus on our studies in that special curriculum, and yet here I was skipping it. My stroll to my house started, and I sensed that somebody was following and observing me. I thought that there was at first, I just noticed a cat behind me when I turned around. The cat was adorable and almost fed up on it.

I must go home.

"Don't mind the convenience store...," I muttered myself as I was recalling what Hiro-kun instructed to me while I was passing by the said place. I check it out and it was closed for the day. "So there's no really need for it huh."

My walk continued and I sensed it again. Somebody was really stalking me and I'm sure of it. I increased my pace for a while and I heard an inconspicuous running footsteps behind. I turned around suddenly to catch the perpetrator, but there was no suspicion individual can be seen, and I became silly as I took the other people's attention on the action I've done. Man, this sucks.

After the fifteen minutes of frustrating journey, I got home. The entire house was silent as always, is what I've been expecting every single day. My mom welcomed me exaggeratedly and hugged me tightly as I opened the door. It's been a long time since this happened again and I was confused why she did it.

She was revealing a very worried expression. "Ooo~ Miyu, are you alright!?" Mom said.

"I'm okay mom, is there anything happened?" I replied to mom and question myself inside my mind if this was the one that Hiro-kun talking about.

But I guessed it wasn't this one. "Your classmates went here for you, and told me that you've got sick."

"I see. Don't worry mom, I'm now okay." And her hugged became tighter.

Finally, mom released me and I was able to breathe normally.

Why Hiro-kun bothered himself to come all the way to my home just to convey that I got sick and how did he knew my home address in the first place? Wait, classmates? Mom referring not a single one but many, it must not be him. Then it should be my old classmates that came here, however I'm still not sure if they were the one as they avoided me at the ceremony. It was also too unnatural for a new classmate whom I only met for two days or old classmates that didn't even knew what happened to me.

Or was it?

I asked my mom who were the said individuals came. She answered that there were two male students from my school arrived, naming Kuromu Hirogashi and Charles Esperon, and they told that I were their classmates. Mom also mentioned that one of them was so attractive. Nevertheless, then it was Hiro-kun after all, but the second person was bothering me and his name was of a foreigner. Fretting about it will not going anywhere, so I shooed it off. I just convince myself that they were sent by the homeroom teacher and Hiro-kun must be tagged along by another one. Never imagined that we will had a classmate that came from overseas.

As we get separated, mom said something first. "By the way, they're at the living room. I already served them a tea and I let them stay to wait for you. If you need anything, just came to my room."

"Eeeeeh!?" As soon as heard it, I rushed toward the living room and saw both of them drinking a tea very comfortably with a satisfactory sigh. "What are you doing here!?" I exclaimed discreetly.

"Your mom forced us to stay and we can't helped it. By the way, this is Charles, you can call him Mustang." Hiro-kun answered conventionally as he introduced his friend and our classmate to me. He had a very charming look when he presented himself at me and bowed. Mom was right.

Before I realized it, I swayed over and stated my name. "I'm Mitsuki Tanehara. P-pleasure to me... wait a sec!" But snapped out of it immediately. "Who cares about that!? What are your purposes coming here!?" I became frustrated as Hiro-kun actions was out of the blue and now he was in my house, and even bringing along another classmate I did not know!

My fury was going intense to them but his blonde friend calling himself Mustang stood up and came a close to me. "Please calm down, milady." His speech was soothing and too handsome to look at his eyes. There was also a glimmering lights behind him and a hush of an early spring BGM.

But I got freak out when he held me. "Don't dare touch my hands!!!" I roared and punched him on his face directly.

I've made a ruckus and mom heard the noise. "What was that sound right now, are you guys alright!?"

"T-there's nothing g-going on here mom!" Thankfully, she didn't left the room and implied not to make such a noise again.

Yare yare.

"Oh my God!" I cover my mouth using both of my hands when I saw him passed out on the floor. "Is he gonna be ok?" I inquired Hiro-kun perplexly about his condition but he just whistled out on what I did.

"You're pretty strong for a female one."

I warned him that if he said another useless phrase, he will be the next one who will going to taste my fist. "So, what brings you here?" I added.

"I guess tomorrow can't wait," He let out a sigh. "Before you came here, have you noticed someone was following you?"

Another question popped out from him as expected, but it had a deeper meaning from his inquiry because he was able to know about it, even though I don't know how he had figured it out. He became serious and there was really something going on here. "I believed that someone was watching me while I am heading towards home, but I didn't noticed anyone suspicious when I look around." I said my circumstances.

"I see," He frowned and think very deeply as he said those conclusive lines. "Well, you see...."

Esperon-kun was still laying down on the ground, so I interrupted him before we start. "Aren't we going to do anything about your friend?" I asked, but Hiro-kun said that I don't need to mind him. Just what is their relationship between the two of them as Hiro-kun didn't even care about his friend?

Anyway, my plan for my magazine was suspended. But at last, this became a serious business and Hiro-kun was about to explain everything I wanted to know right now.